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Voices raised against the dark: New England songs to see out 2020 Usually, this time of year, I do a rundown of the best music videos from New England artists, but while there were some great ones this year, I decided to take a different tack. Nothing makes tough times go by easier than a good song, and seeing as this has been an exceptionally tough year, here are the songs by New England artists that made it all go down a bit easier. These arent just great songs, these are songs that, in their...

6 Albums From Boston Artists Who Couldnt Have Picked A Better Year To Drop Em Live music took a hit this year. Still, a ton of local music came out, displaying unprecedented amounts of creativity, emotion, and resiliency within the Boston music scene during a global pandemic. For one reason or another, the artists behind these six albums spoke up, stood for something, captured a moment — and, frankly, couldnt have picked a better year to release new work. The album cover of Anjimiles "Giver T...

Celebrate New Year’s Eve with HipStory and its vision for Boston’s hip-hop future By A.Z. Madonna Globe Staff,Updated December 29, 2020, 3:11 p.m. Email to a Friend Cliff Notez and Tim Hall co-founded the Boston-based digital media production company and artistic incubator known as HipStory.Sasha Pedro (Custom credit) There’s no place like home for New Year’s Eve this year, but the artistic greenhouse that is HipStory is looking to bring a house party into living rooms, bedr...

Typically drawing massive crowds, the Allston-Brighton Winter Market has gone digital By Grace Griffin Globe Correspondent,Updated December 20, 2020, 1:30 p.m. Email to a Friend Last year, the Allston-Brighton Winter Market drew a crowd of in-person shoppers.Stu Milne (Custom credit) Doing some last-minute holiday shopping? Support small creators in your quest to find the perfect present at the fourth annual Allston-Brighton Winter Market. While the market typically draws a bustling in-person c...

Rapper BIA takes top prize at Boston Music awards Medford rapper BIA was named the Boston Music Awards Artist of the Year. BIA, whose new album, “For Certain,” dropped today, was the top of an eclectic lineup of Massachusetts artists who won awards, including Brockton rapper Saint Lyor, who won New artist of the Year, indie artist Squirrel Flower who won Breakthrough Artist of the Year, the band Ballroom Thieves, which won album of the year for “Unlovely,” and Cliff Notez & Dephrase, wh...